| Nashua Street Park | |
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 View of the park from across the Charles River, 2019 | |
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| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 42°22′04″N71°04′00″W / 42.3677°N 71.0667°W |
Nashua Street Park is a park in Boston, along the Charles River, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It was designed by the Halvorson Tighe & Bond Studio and constructed by McCourt Construction for the Department of Conservation and Recreation. [1] [2]
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